An on-duty police officer was involved in a crash near the Jersey Shore that left a scooter operator dead, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said.
The crash took place around 9:08 p.m. on Monday, April 15, 2024, on Route 35 South, near Sunset Avenue, in Ocean Township, Monmouth County, the AG's office said in a news release.
"An on-duty Ocean Township police officer and multiple civilian vehicles were involved in an accident resulting in the death of a male operating a motorized scooter," the AG's office wrote.
The scooter operator died at the scene, officials said. No one else, including the officer, was injured.
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No other information regarding the crash was released.
A 2019 law "requires the Attorney General’s Office to conduct investigations of a person’s death that occurs during an encounter with a law enforcement officer acting in the officer’s official capacity or while the decedent is in custody," Platkin's office said.
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